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Hot or Not: Nepal's Elephant Beauty Pageant

Tourism-hungry Nepal got hip to this truth real fast when it introduced its annual elephant festival, which showcases the animals playing soccer, running races, and doing other activities you'd never expect to see an elephant doing.

One thing a camera-toting tourist can't resist: Elephants with painted toenails. Tourism-hungry Nepal got hip to this truth real fast when it introduced its annual elephant festival, which showcases the animals playing soccer, running races, and doing other activities you'd never expect to see an elephant doing. The three-day festivities, which wrapped up yesterday in Chitwan National Park, also included the country's first-ever elephant beauty contest. Six pachyderms vied for top honors, judged in such categories as painted decoration, physique, and their ability (read: willingness) to follow their caretakers' directions. Watch the video (courtesy NDTV) to see highlights from the Miss Universe of the elephant world.